When Diamonds Are a Legend, by Emily Dickinson

When Diamonds Are a Legend

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When Diamonds are a Legend,

And Diadems—a Tale—

I Brooch and Earrings for Myself,

Do sow, and Raise for sale—

And tho’ I’m scarce accounted,

My Art, a Summer Day—had Patrons—

Once—it was a Queen—

And once—a Butterfly—

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1545 The Bible is an antique Volume— Written by faded men At the suggestion of Holy Spectre… Subjects—Bethlehem&mdash ;

548 Death is potential to that Man Who dies—and to his friend— Beyond that—unconspicuous To Anyone but God—

XX ARCTURUS is his other name,— I ’d rather call him star! It ’s so unkind of science To go and interfere!

56 If I should cease to bring a Rose Upon a festal day, ‘Twill be because beyond the Rose I have been called away—

LXXXIII This World is not Conclusion. A Species stands beyond — Invisible, as Music — But positive, as Sound —

If I can stop one heart from brea… I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching… Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin

His bill an auger is, His head, a cap and frill. He laboreth at every tree,— A worm his utmost goal.

719 A South Wind—has a pathos Of individual Voice— As One detect on Landings An Emigrant’s address.

384 No Rack can torture me— My Soul—at Liberty— Behind this mortal Bone There knits a bolder One—

427 I’ll clutch—and clutch— Next—One—Might be the golden touc… Could take it— Diamonds—Wait—

853 When One has given up One’s life The parting with the rest Feels easy, as when Day lets go Entirely the West

732 She rose to His Requirement—dropt The Playthings of Her Life To take the honorable Work Of Woman, and of Wife—

29 If those I loved were lost The Crier’s voice would tell me— If those I loved were found The bells of Ghent would ring—

975 The Mountain sat upon the Plain In his tremendous Chair— His observation omnifold, His inquest, everywhere—

914 I cannot be ashamed Because I cannot see The love you offer— Magnitude